Centre for International Relations

Tribhuvan University

Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal


Professor (Forestry)
Bir Bahadur Khanal Chhetri
Institute of Forestry
Male
bbkchhetri@iofpc.edu.np

Name: Bir Bahadur Khanal Chhetri

Position: Professor

Unit: Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus

Email: bbkchhetri@iofpc.edu.np

 

Research Identifiers

 

Research Impact (Google Scholar)

h-index: 21

Total citations: 1296

 

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Research Interest/Expertise

Natural Resources Management; Forest and Livelihoods; Climate Change; Forest statistics; Poverty.

 

Teaching

Statistics, Research Methodology and Scientific Writing, Commuity Based Forest Management, Conservation and Development, Political ecoligy etc.

 

  • PhD: Faculty of Science, Danish Centre for Forest and Landscape, Denmark 2010

  • Master's Degree: 1. UNB Norway, Natural Resources Management ( 2025), 2. Department of Statistics (2050 BS)

  • Bachelor's Degree: PN Campus, Science- Physical Group (2047 BS)

Professional Affiliations

  • Forest Resources and Mathematical Modelling (FORMATH)
  • International Society for Tropical Foresters (ISTF)
  • International Association of the study of Commons (IASC)
  • Nepal Statistical Society (NeSS)
  • Local Initiatives for Biodiversity
  • Research and Development (LI-BIRD)

 

Selected Recent Research Projects:

  1. 2022- 2025 Project Director (Principal Investigator) of the project “Tracking of households affected by the 2015 Nepal earthquake”- A joint collaborative project between the University of Tokyo National University & Chiba University Japan, and the Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
  2. 2023-2025 Co-PI of the study on Economics of Community Managed Forest Restoration in the Chitwan Annapurna Landscape of Nepal
  3. 2022-2023 Thematic Team Leader (Socio-economic). Developing Strategy for Restoration of Degraded Land in DCRL Project Area, Department of Forests and Soil Conservation
  4. 2021-2022 Team leader of the the study on: Understanding the Implementation Status of Scientific Forest Management in Lumbini Province, Nepal
  5. 2019-2020 Thematic Team Leader (Socioeconomic/ data management) of the Impact Evaluation of the President Chure-Tarai Madhesh Conservation Development Program (PCTMCDP)
  6. 2014-2018 Key responsible scientist for the project Science and Power in Participatory Forest Management (SCIFOR) in Nepal and Tanzania. 2010-2014 Leader of the ‘Socio-economic Study’ of the ComForM Phase III Project in Nepal.

Selected Recent Publications:

  1. Thapa, MS; Baral S; Chhetri BBK (2025). Institutional dynamics in community-based forest restoration: a systematic review on ecological and socio-economic outcomes, Discover Sustainability, 1235 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-02111-x 2
  2. DK Pradhan, BB Shrestha, BBK Chhetri, RK Rai (2025). - Management without consistency: How intermittent silvicultural practices drive plant invasions,Trees, Forests and People, vol. 22 December 1011052 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2025.101052.
  3. S Baral, S Subedi, R Ford, RK Rai, BBK Chhetri, S Ojha, KR Tiwari, G Kafle, L Puri and Dikshya Rai (2025). Resilience pathways through community-based forest management for navigating the triple planetary crisis Trees, Forests and People, 100972 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100972.
  4. E Sigdel, KP Joshi, AR Regmi, SR Jnawali, S Baral and Chhetri, BBK (2025). Biodiversity Governance Outside Protected Areas in the Context of Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs): A Systematic Review, Banko Janakari 35( 2) : 94-103. https://doi.org/10.3126/banko.v35i2.74408.
  5. Baral S, Lamichhane S ,Chhetri BBK, Adhikar B, Gaul Kand, Ford R. M (2025). Forest restoration efficiency: A comparative analysis of collectively vs. individually managed forests in Nepal, Trees, Forests and People , 100792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100792.
  6. Bhusal, P, Awasthia , K R; Low M; Shrestha N; Neupane A; Sharma N P; Chhetri, BBK and Parajuli P (2024). What Determines the Adoption of Agroforestry Practices in Farmlands and Public Lands? A Case Study from the Terai Region in Nepal. Society & Natural Resources https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2023.2269531
  7. Gautam, N.P., Raut,N., Chhetri,B.B.K., Raut,N K. (2023).Impact of Men’s Out-migration on Moman’s Participation in Community Forestry: Insights from Rural Nepal. FORMATH 22 (2023) https://doi.org/10.15684/formath.22.005
  8. M Panta, B Dhami, B Shrestha, N KC, N Raut, YP Timilsina, Chhetri BBK; Adhikari H; Varachova S, Kindlmann. P (2023). Habitat preference and distribution of Chinese pangolin and people’s attitude to its conservation in Gorkha District, Nepal.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1081385. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1081385
  9. Gautam, N.P., Bhusal, P., Raut,N., Chhetri,B.B.K., Raut,N. Rashid, |M.H, & Wu, P. (2023) Nepal's community forestry: critical reflection from the governance perspective. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 2023, VOL. 38, NOS. 7–8, 529–541. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2023.2262927.
  10. Walelign, S.Z., Smith-Hall, C., Rayamajhi, S., and Chhetri, B.B.K. (2022). A unique environmental augmented household-level livelihood panel dataset from Nepal. Data in Brief: Volume 42, June 2022, 108168 .https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108168.